{"data":{"id":"us-az/a.r.s.-16-821","jurisdiction":"us-az","citation":"A.R.S. § 16-821","heading":"County committee; vacancy in office of precinct committeeman","body":"A. At the primary election the members of a political party entitled to representation pursuant to section 16-804 residing in each precinct shall choose one of their number as a county precinct committeeman, and the members shall choose one additional precinct committeeman for each one hundred twenty-five voters or major fraction thereof registered in the party in the precinct as reported pursuant to section 16-168, subsection G on January 2 of the year in which the general election is held. The whole number of precinct committeemen of a political party shall constitute the county committee of the party.\n\nB. The board of supervisors upon the recommendation of the county chairman, or the recommendation of a committee designated in the bylaws of the county committee for that purpose, shall determine when a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman. If a vacancy exists, the vacancy shall be filled by the board of supervisors from a list of names submitted by the county chairman of the appropriate political party. Only a precinct committeeman elected at the primary election prior to the date of a state or county committee organizing meeting shall be permitted to vote at such meeting. The criteria used to establish when a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman shall be as established in section 38-291.","path":["Title 16 Elections and Electors"],"source_url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/16/00821.htm","current_through":"2026-09-04","vintage":"2026-08-09","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:49:56Z","sha256":"4fcbe691e3a834c6b1225c89200cd088d9c7ab45184548e08278b264c728554d","source_id":"us-az","stale":true,"prev":"us-az/a.r.s.-16-807","next":"us-az/a.r.s.-16-822"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}